June 27 is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 187 days remaining.

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Contents

1 Events 1.1 1700-1899 1.2 1900-1999 1.3 2000-2099 2 Births 2.1 1600-1899 2.2 1900-1999 3 Deaths 3.1 300-1899 3.2 1900-1999 3.3 2000-2099 4 Holidays and observances 5 Recorded this date

Events

1700-1899

• 1709 - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava.
• 1759 - General James Wolfe starts siege of Quebec.
• 1844 - Joseph Smith, Jr. murdered with brother Hyrum in Carthage Jail, Carthage, Illinois.
• 1864 - Battle of Kennesaw Mountain in the American Civil War.
• 1893 - Crash of the New York Stock Exchange.
• 1898 - First solo circumnavigation of the globe completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island Nova Scotia.

1900-1999

• 1905 - Mutiny on the battleship Potemkin.
• 1945 - Under Secretary of the Navy Ralph Bard sends memo to Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson urging that the United States give "preliminary warning" to Japan before using the atomic bomb on a Japanese target.
• 1950 - The United States decides to send troops to fight in the Korean War.
• 1953 - Joseph Laniel becomes Prime Minister of France.
• 1954 - World's first nuclear power station opens in Obninsk, near Moscow.
• 1957 - Hurricane Audrey kills 500 people in Louisiana and Texas.
• 1967 - World's first ATM installed in Enfield, London.
• 1969 - The Stonewall riots mark the start of the modern gay rights movement in the US.
• 1972 - ATARI is established by Nolan Bushnell.
• 1977 - France grants independence to Djibouti.
• 1979 - Muhammad Ali announces his retirement from boxing.
• 1980 - A commercial DC-9 (Itavia Flight 870) was apparently shot down.
• 1984 - Pierre Elliott Trudeau wins Albert Einstein Peace Prize.
• 1985 - Route 66 ceases to be an official highway.
• 1986 - International Court of Justice finds against the United States in its judgement in the Nicaragua v. United States.
• 1991 - Slovenia, which declared independent two days previously, is invaded by Yugoslavia troops, tanks, and aircraft.
• 1995 - Jodi Huisentruit, an anchorwoman in Mason City, Iowa disappears, presumably abducted.

2000-2099

• 2001 - International Court of Justice finds against the United States in its judgement in the LaGrand Case.

Births

1600-1899

• 1682 - King Charles XII of Sweden (d. 1718) (June 17 in Swedish calendar)
• 1838 - Paul von Mauser, weapon designer (d. 1914)
• 1850 - Lafcadio Hearn, author (d. 1904)
• 1869 - Hans Spemann, zoologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in medicine 1935 (d. 1941)
• 1869 - Emma Goldman, anarchist, feminist, free love advocate (d. 1940)
• 1870 - Frank Rattray Lillie, zoologist, embryologist (d. 1947)
• 1880 - Helen Keller, spokeswoman for the deaf and blind (d. 1968)
• 1882 - Eduard Spranger, philosopher, psychologist and educator (d. 1963)

1900-1999

• 1906 - Catherine Cookson, author (d. 1998)
• 1913 - Willie Mosconi, professional billiards player (d. 1993)
• 1925 - Jerome Felder, AKA Doc Pomus, musician, composer (d. 1991)
• 1928 - Rudy Perpich, American politician (d. 1995)
• 1927 - Otto Herbert Hajek, sculptor
• 1930 - Ross Perot, American billionaire and politician
• 1931 - Charles Bronfman, industrialist
• 1932 - Anna Moffo, American soprano
• 1941 - Raymond Winn, Utah Professional Engineer
• 1941 - Krzysztof Kieslowski, film director (d. 1996)
• 1949 - Vera Wang, fashion designer
• 1954 - Patsy Hernandez, Controller Garfield County
• 1955 - Isabelle Adjani, French actress
• 1962 - Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Hong Kong actor
• 1963 - Meera Syal, comedian, writer, playwright, singer, journalist and actress
• 1966 - J. J. Abrams, television writer and producer
• 1970 - Jim Edmonds, baseball player
• 1970 - Vitamin C, pop singer
• 1975 - Tobey Maguire, actor
• 1977 - Ra�l, Spanish football star
• 1983 - Alsou, Russian singer
• 1991 - Madylin Sweeten, actress

Deaths

300-1899

• 363 - Emperor Julian
• 1162 - Eudes II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1118)
• 1149 - Raymond of Poitiers, Prince of Antioch (b. 1099)
• 1458 - Alfonso V of Aragon (b. 1396)
• 1829 - James Smithson, founder of the Smithsonian Institute
• 1831 - Sophie Germain, mathematician (b. 1776)
• 1844 - Joseph Smith, Jr. founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1805)

1900-1999

• 1952 - Elmo Lincoln, actor
• 1957 - Malcolm Lowry, novelist (b. 1909)
• 1960 - Lottie Dod, English athlete
• 1970 - Daniel Kinsey, American hurdler (b. 1902)
• 1998 - Kerim Tekin, Turkish singer
• 2001 - Jack Lemmon, actor and film director (b. 1925)

2000-2099

• 2001 - Tove Jansson, author of the Moomin books (b. 1914)
• 2001 - Jack Lemmon, American actor and director
• 2002 - John Entwistle, bass player for The Who (b. 1944)
• 2004 - Darrell Russell, NHRA drag racer (b. 1968)

Holidays and observances

• Feast of St Cyril of Alexandria
• National HIV Testing Day in United States
• Stonewall Day (date of many gay pride celebrations, including those in New York City, San Francisco, Toronto, and Madrid)

Recorded this date

• 1905 "Friends That Are Good And True" (Eysler)
  - Billy Murray
  
• 1905 "I've Sweethearts In Every Port" (Keith)
  - Billy Murray
  
• 1910 "Queen Of My Heart" (Alfred Cellier, B. C. Stephenson)
  - Peter Dawson
  
• 1923 "Oh Gee Oh Gosh Oh Golly I'm In Love" (w. Ole Olsen & Chic Johnson m. Ernest Breuer)
  - Jones & Hare
  
• 1925 "Cecilia" (w. Herman Ruby m. Dave Dreyer)
  - Art Gillham
  
• 1927 "At Sundown" (w.m. Walter Donaldson)
  - Ruth Etting with piano Rube Bloom
  
• 1927 "I'm Gonna Dance Wit De Guy Wot Brung Me" (w. Walter O'Keefe m. Harry Archer)
  - Aileen Stanley & Billy Murray with O/Nat Shilkret
  
• 1928 "C-O-N-S-T-A-N-T-I-N-O-P-L-E" (w.m. Harry Carlton)
  - Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders
  
• 1929 "Lovable And Sweet" (w. Sidney Clare m. Oscar Levant)
  - Walter Holzhaus, Nelson Hall & Art Fleming with Gus Arnheim & his Orchestra
  
• 1930 "On The Sunny Side Of The Street" (w. Dorothy Fields m. Jimmy McHugh)
  - Maurice Elwin with Rhythmic Eight
  
• 1931 "My Brother Makes The Noises For The Talkies" (Amberg, Raymond, Bernauer)
  - Billy Scott-Coomber with Jack Payne & his BBC Dance Orchestra
  
• 1935 "Isn't This A Lovely Day" (w.m. Irving Berlin)
  - Fred Astaire with O/Johnny Green
  
• 1935 "Top Hat, White Tie And Tails" (w.m. Irving Berlin)
  - Fred Astaire with O/Johnny Green
  
• 1935 "Rhythm Is Our Business" (w. Sammy Cahn m. Jimmie Lunceford)
  - Marjorie Stedeford with Six Swingers
  
• 1935 "Star Dust" (w. Mitchell Parish m. Hoagy Carmichael)
  - Marjorie Stedeford with Six Swingers
  
• 1935 "Why Was I Born?" (w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern)
  - The Radio Three (Joy Worth, Kay Cavendish, Ann Canning) with Lew Stone & his Band
  
• 1935 "Don't Ever Leave Me" (w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern)
  - Al Hoffman with Lew Stone & his Orchestra
  
• 1936 "Got To Dance My Way To Heaven" (w.m. Sam Coslow)
  - Dan Donovan with Henry Hall & the BBC Dance Orchestra
  
• 1939 "I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You" (w. Bing Crosby & Ned Washington m. Victor Young)
  - Mildred Bailey with John Kirby & his Orchestra
  
• 1939 "The Day We Meet Again" (Campbell, Hubter, Grosz)
  - Ray Eberle with Glenn Miller & his Orchestra
  
• 1940 "The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else" (w. Gus Kahn m. Isham Jones)
  - Frank Sinatra & Pied Pipers with Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra
  
• 1940 "Trade Winds" (w. Charles Tobias m. Cliff Friend)
  - Frank Sinatra with Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra
  
• 1940 "And So Do I" (w. Eddie De Lange m. Paul Mann & Stephan Weiss)
  - Connie Haines with Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra
  
• 1940 "Can't Get Indiana Off My Mind" (w. Robert De Leon m. Hoagy Carmichael)
  - Kate Smith with O/Jack Miller
  
• 1941 "If It's You" (w. Milton Drake m. Ben Oakland & Artie Shaw)
  - Tony Martin with O/David Rose
  
• 1941 "Boa Noite" (w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Warren)
  - Julie Dawn with Eric Winstone & his Swing Quartet
  
• 1941 "Free For All" (w. Tom Adair m. Matt Dennis)
  - Frank Sinatra w. The Pied Pipers with The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
  
• 1941 "You And I" (w.m. Meredith Willson)
  - Frank Sinatra with The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
  
• 1941 "Neiani" (w.m. Sy Oliver & Axel Stordahl)
  - Frank Sinatra w. The Pied Pipers with The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
  
• 1941 "I Guess I'll Have To Dream The Rest" (w. Mickey Stoner & Martin Block m. Harold Green)
  - Frank Sinatra & Pied Pipers with Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra
  
• 1944 "Lili Marlene" (w. (Ger) Hans Leip (Eng) Tommy Connor m. Norbert Schultze)
  - Perry Como
  
• 1944 "First Class Private Mary Brown" (w.m. Frank Loesser)
  - Perry Como
  
• 1946 "Cement Mixer" (w.m. Slim Gaillard & Lee Ricks)
  - Quads with Squadronaires dir. Jimmy Miller
  
• 1946 "Money Is The Root Of All Evil" (w.m. Joan Whitney & Alex Kramer)
  - Jimmy Miller & Quads with Squadronaires dir. Jimmy Miller
  
• 1947 "Feudin' And Fightin'" (w. Al Dubin & Burton Lane m. Burton Lane)
  - Jo Stafford w. Starlighters with O/Paul Weston's Mountain Boys
  
• 1947 "Love And The Weather" (w.m. Irving Berlin)
  - Jo Stafford with O/Paul Weston
  
• 1947 "An Apple Blossom Wedding" (w.m. Jimmy Kennedy & Nat Simon)
  - Kenny Baker with Russ Morgan & his Orchestra
  
• 1947 "After Graduation Day" (w. Sylvia Dee m. Sidney Lippman)
  - Russ Morgan & his Orchestra
  
• 1949 "Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer" (w.m. Johnny Marks)
  - Gene Autry & the Pinafores
  
• 1949 "You're Breaking My Heart All Over Again" (w.m. Arthur Altman, James Cavanaugh & John Redmond)
  - Ink Spots
  
• 1950 "Be My Love" (w. Sammy Cahn m. Nicholas Brodszky)
  - Mario Lanza with O/Ray Sinatra
  
• 1952 "Come Rain Or Come Shine" (w. Johnny Mercer m. Harold Arlen)
  - Jo Stafford
  
• 1952 "Embraceable You" (w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin)
  - Jo Stafford
  
• 1954 "Rain, Rain, Rain" (w.m. Jay McConologue)
  - Frankie Laine & The Four Lads with Buddy Cole Quartet
  
• 1955 "Wake The Town And Tell The People" (w. Sammy Gallop m. Jerry Livingston)
  - Mindy Carson with O/Norman Leyden
  
• 1957 "Fascination" (w. Dick Manning m. F. D. Marchetti)
  - Dick Jacobs & his Orchestra
  

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